Catch a real beauty

Homes with fish­ing rights have ca­chet but you can hook a river­side bar­gain

FISH­ING is not a glamour sport but thanks to the BBC2 se­ries, Gone Fish­ing, which fol­lowed co­me­di­ans Bob Mor­timer and Paul White­house on their fish­ing trips, we all know it’s fun — and com­edy gold.

Per­haps that’s why liv­ing along­side rivers is so pop­u­lar. Such homes com­mand high prices — es­pe­cially if you’re on one of the chalk streams of the South such as the Test, Lod­don or Itchen….

…In West Wales, too, there is good fish­ing. ‘There is al­ways de­mand for houses on the River Teifi and the Towy, both of which are renowned for their salmon and sea trout,’ says Carol Peett, of West Wales Prop­erty Fin­ders.

‘They are par­tic­u­larly pop­u­lar with re­tirees and as hol­i­day-let in­vest­ments. Fish­er­men bring in a steady rental in­come.’ Buying a house on the river is not en­tirely straight­for­ward. The deeds should be checked care­fully. Own­ing the house and gar­den doesn’t mean you own the fish­ing rights.   You could find a stranger, quite within his rights, walk­ing through your grounds to start fish­ing a stretch of river you don’t own. There is also the pos­si­bil­ity of flood­ing. This may not be men­tioned in the de­tails, in which case find out more and check En­vi­ron­ment Agency flood risk maps”.

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